[Improvement of medical care of workers engaged in oil extraction in Siberia].

Complex clinical and functional examination of 662 workers engaged into oil extraction revealed unfavorable influence of shifted expedition work mode on the health state. Chronic diseases were diagnosed in 47% of the examinees. Structure of chronic diseases among the examinees presented prevalent disorders of central nervous system and vegetative regulation.

[The results of clinico-hygienic research in the region of the Mozyr industrial center following the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station].

The dose of radioactive irradiation received by the workers of the Mozyr industrial area after the Chernobyl power plant accident cannot result in specific lesions, but a nonspecific effects of low radiation doses, chemical substances of low intensity and other occupational factors are possible. A possible radiation origin of the astheno-depressive and astheno-somatic disorders developing by nonspecific stress mechanisms is to be investigated.

[The hygienic assessment of the working conditions and health status of workers on the petroleum tank farms of Bashkiria].

Work conditions and the health status in workers of Bashkirian oil enterprises are characterized. Exposure to oil products composed of alkanes and aromatics, petrol and tetraethyl lead was proved to be the major hazard for workers of all the occupations. Complex of occupational and industrial hazards of Bashkirian oil enterprises harms the health status of workers, which induces the high prevalence of chronic diseases.